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Covid-19 pandemic: Nagaland reports 71 new cases, 3 more deaths

Nagaland on Monday registered 71 new Covid-19 cases, 37 more than the previous day's count, taking the tally to 34,927, a health department official said. The death toll increased to 742 as three more people succumbed to coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, at least 73 patients recovered from the disease taking the total number of cured people to 32,041. Nagaland now has 691 active cases while 1,449 Covid-19 patients have migrated to other states, the official said. So far, 4,47,445 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the North-eastern state. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients is 91.73 per cent, the official said.

Goa reports 221 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths; positivity rate drops to 7.77%

Goa reported 221 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths linked to the infection on Monday, the health department said, while the daily positivity rate dropped sharply to 7.77 per cent. With these additions, Goa's caseload rose to 2,42,659, while the death toll increased to 3,748, the health department said in a bulletin. The daily positivity rate was 7.77 per cent, down from 14.02 per cent on Sunday when 282 cases were detected from 2,010 tests. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 2,34,534 after 500 patients were discharged during the day, the department said. Goa now has 4,377 active cases. "With 2,843 new coronavirus tests, the number of tests conducted in the state so far has gone up to 18,36,515, an official added. Goa's COVID-19 figures: Positive cases 2,42,659, new cases 221, death toll 3,748, discharged 2,34,534, active cases 4,377, samples tested till date 18,36,515.

MP sees 3,945 Covid-19 cases, two deaths; positivity rate dips to 5.5%

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,09,698 on Monday after the detection of 3,945 cases, while the toll increased to 10,664 with two more deaths

In Maharashtra, new Covid-19 cases drop sharply to 6,436; 24 die

Maharashtra recorded 6,436 new coronavirus cases, a steep fall of 3,230 from a day ago, and 24 fresh deaths linked to the infection, while 18,423 more patients recovered from the disease.

Covid-19 pandemic: Telangana clocks 1,380 new cases and one death

Telangana on Monday with 3,877 people recuperating from the infectious disease, as the state recorded 1,380 fresh infections taking the count to 7,78,910.

Coronavirus pandemic: Tripura logs 13 fresh cases and two deaths

Tripura's total Covid-19 cases increased to 1,00,663 after 13 more people tested positive for the virus on Monday, a senior health department official said. The North-eastern state had reported the same number of fresh infections and no Covid deaths on Sunday. It, however, registered two fresh fatalities on Monday, taking the death toll to 915. The state's positivity rate has dipped to 0.91 per cent on Monday from 1.29 per cent the previous day, said Dr Deep Debbarma, the state surveillance officer. Altogether 1,421 samples were tested for coronavirus during the day. Tripura currently has 748 active cases, while 98,932 Covid patients have recovered so far. A total of 68 patients have migrated to other states.

At 686, number of Covid cases in J&K exhibits dipping trend: Officials

The union territory also reported six deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours, they added

Hard-hit Iran reports more than 100 new deaths from Covid-19; 39,819 cases

The report said 104 patients died from the disease since Sunday, when the Islamic Republic announced 85 new deaths over a day's time

Covid-19 pandemic: 6,151 fresh cases and 49 deaths in Karnataka

Daily COVID-19 infections in Karnataka declined to 6,151 on Monday, taking the total positive cases to 39,02,309, according to the health department. The cumulative fatalities stood at 39,396 as the state reported 49 deaths, the health department said. The data shared by the department showed that 99,254 tests were conducted today, whereas the state had been conducting over one lakh tests ever since the outbreak of the third wave of COVID-19. The state had reported 8,425 fresh infections on Sunday. On Sunday also the state had tested 1,29,337 samples including 99,023 RT-PCR tests. In its daily bulletin, the department said 16,802 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 37,75,799. Active cases stood at 87,080. Bengaluru urban district reported 2,718 infections and 15 deaths. Other districts too had fresh cases including 321 in Belagavi, 285 in Mysuru, 219 in Hassan, 210 in Tumakuru, 195 in Kodagu, 182 in Mandya and 177 in Shivamogga. There were deaths in

At 356, Mumbai logs lowest daily Covid-19 cases after Dec 21 last year

Mumbai on Monday recorded 356 new COVID-19 cases- the lowest daily rise after December 21, 2021- and five fatalities, the city civic body said. The tally of infections now stands at 10,50,194 and the COVID-19 death toll at 16,654, as per a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin. On December 21 last year, when the third wave of the pandemic began according to a senior official, Mumbai had reported 321 cases and one fatality due to the infection. The cases registered on Monday in Mumbai are 180 less than the previous day. The case positivity rate of Mumbai has come down to 1.19 per cent.

Rajasthan sees 12 new coronavirus deaths, 2,298 cases; active cases 40,880

Twelve more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Rajasthan, raising the death toll to 9,391, while 2,298 fresh infections were reported on Monday, official data showed. A total of 403 new cases were recorded in Jaipur, 239 in Jodhpur, 131 in Jhunjhunu, 123 in Alwar, 114 in Rajsamand, 105 in Bhilwara, 104 in Pali. According to the Health Department data, 7,299 more people recoveredfrom the infection, while the count of active COVID-19 cases stands at 40,880 in the state. Of the 12 new coronavirus-related fatalities, two each were in Jaipur-Jhalwad-Sikar and one each in Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Kota.

Delhi logs 1,151 new Covid cases, 15 more deaths; positivity rate 2.62%

With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,45,084 and the death toll climbed to 25,998, it said

Canada enters second week of protests over Covid-19 regulations

With claims of hate-related incidents under investigation and arrests made amid reports of rocks and eggs thrown, Canada on Monday (local time) entered second week of protests over Covid regulations.

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 33 new cases, one more fatality

Thirty-three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sikkim, taking the tally in the state to 5,439, an official said on Friday. The death toll rose to 123 after a 60-year-old woman died due to coronavirus infection, state IEC member Sonam Bhutia said, adding that she had co-morbidities. Of the fresh cases, 21 were reported from South Sikkim and 12 from East Sikkim. The Himalayan state has 304 active cases, while 4,918 people have recovered from the disease. Ninety-four coronavirus patients have migrated to other states. Sikkim tested 301 samples in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 65,431, the official added.

Kerala records 22,524 fresh coronavirus cases today, 860 fatalities

Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala dropped further on Monday with the state recording 22,524 fresh infections which raised the caseload to 62,93,907.

Assam to withdraw all Covid-19 restrictions from February 15

Students appearing for the board examinations must get both doses of vaccination

Most Delhi schools reopen, some still working out modalities

Children were seen wearing masks as they returned to schools. At one private school, students' bags were being sanitised as part of precautionary measures against Covid

Data story: India logs fewer than 100,000 daily cases after 31 days

India has so far administered 1,696,380,755 vaccine doses. That is 4013.01 per cent of its total caseload, and 121.07 per cent of its population

India records over 83,500 fresh Covid-19 cases, 895 more deaths

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.25 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 9.18 per cent

Global Covid caseload at 394.7 million, fatalities at 5.73 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths